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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-12-30

They examined the ropes. and then
old man Bitley pushed the door softly
open.
HALT. thar a weak voice said, as
Bitlcy stood on the threshold.
Alb. shook with fear and Bitley's
yellow face grew yellOwer, as they
found themselves facing Il cooked and
leveled gun. The weapon, with its
breech resting on the poor bed. was
upheld by a sick woman, so thin and
feeble in appearance that it seemed as
if life was held in her wasted body only
by the slightest bond. Her eyes
cleaned unnaturally bright with ex-
element and fear, and there was n
burning, hectic flush on her sunkcn
cheeks.
On thin, worn quilt, on the floor.
lay the distorted form of Alb. Stacker
wild man. His eyes were closed, and
he was breathing fitfully and moaning
as if in pain. although unconscious.
His ing hair was clotted with the blood
that had oozcd from great wound in
his forehead. The ray of light that
strayed in through the hole in the roof
lit up his face, in repose not vicious,
only weak and vacant.
His body was distorted almost out of
likeness to . human form. The rain of
the previous nights storm had fallen
upon him. and his bed quilt was still
wet, while. in a depression of the floor,
was little pool of water. A rude ia
bic. overturned and broken. lay near.
and on the floor were the remnants of
a few pieces Of crockery. The limb of
the blackberry tree. that had broken its
way through the roof, reached almost
to the floor.
1t was evident that when the fall of
the great tree had driven the limb
through the roof. it had struck down
the defOrmed young man who now lay
moaning on the old quilt.
You shan't take him." quavered the
woman's thin voice. .'You shan't take
him till I've fred one shot for my poor,
afflicted boys freedom! We've ben
hunted from place to place an now it's
come to an end. Hcv mercy! Hev-"
Old man Bitley grasped the situation.
He interrupted the pitiful pleadings Of
the woman.
Eyer barkin' up the wrong tree" he
said. and his voice was as soothing AS
if the denial had been uttered in the
most polished paraphrase instead of in
the homely slang of the border.
I'VE hain't a-huntin' nobody's boyr'
what air them ropes fer?" qua
vered the woman.
ITO tie the shoats with" old man
Bitley answered, promptly. .'Storm
last night blowed down the fence NV
my hog lot an let : enty head NV
Berkshires scatter all over seven States.
Half the towns ben a-helpin' me, an
we've ketched all but a couple NV
shoats. Them two kin no more be driv
than they kin fly. SO we brung these
ropes 'lowin' to tie ,'em an haul 'em
home"
The hectic flush faded from the wo-
mans face. The gun began to waver.
and old man Bitley sprang forward
and laid it on the floor. Now that the
strength impaired by the excitement
had fled, the woman seemed deathly
weak
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-12-30

A Boston man. who. until he was forty.
iived an economic, Woodworking life, and
one which was both happy and useful. had
the misfortune at that time to inherit from
q relative fortune of some millions Ha
was instantly overwhelmed with tmporos-
mites from all sides Gifted with an acute
" sensitive New England conscience. ho
was not only anxious to do good with bin
wealth, but he was almost morbidly afraid
that through ignorance or carelessness ha
should do harm with it He investigated
with the most painful care the cases pre-
sented to him, and he literally agonized over
the things he desired to do, that he feared
to do. and those that he was urged to do
Two years of this worry killed him Hin
physician said afterward that the certificate
to he accurate should have been filed out 10
read: Died Of his money. AID the ssats
snent would have been literally rxue -
Irvsideace Journal
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-12-30
MY MIRROR.

Between the orchard and the nAll
The brooklet Of its laughing tires;
In Wuters their grow tekp and stfn
About the piers, old and moss grown,
Beneath the little bridge OF stone
Casped here and there, with wild r0oe
briers.
was vain young country maid,
Each day at noon sent to the mill
And used to loiter in the shade.
And lean above the jagged pier
Beyond the wild rose creeping near.
And peer into the placid nil.
Twas not the water lilies there,
Nor pale green crosses that sought;
But back to me bright eyes and hair,
Sun-tangled, framed in Shadowy green.
Reflected, threw their glamor0us sheen
And kept me longer than they ought
One day fingered, looking down,
Long past the sunshine Of midday.
When close beside me, big and brown,
Two eyes. SO full Of laughter, met
My own within the rivuiet.
My eyes dropped low and turned away.
You see. twas fathers harvester
AOur John, We always called the lad;
Like TO his own my parents were,
And II can not rightly tell
By what strange chance 1t e'er befel- 81,
His coming made me always glad.
How shallow seemed the brooklet then
After the glance Of eyes like his!
slowly raised my own again,
And found him gazing shyly down
never knew that eyes Of brown
We're full OF such sweet mysteries!
For, looking up. how could guess
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-12-30

"A man in Gardiner, Me-, had let
his wife bring water from the well for
ten years; but when he needed little
water daily for his business. he at once
had a pipe laid and a pump put in. Ito
save SO much extra labor" The Gartii-
ner Reporter says: "a little personal
experience is sometimes worth more
than . large number Of object lessons"
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-12-30

in demand. No All was to be found.
aad finally they started Of without
him.
Shortly after they disappeared in the
woods . smaller expedition. consisting
|of old man Bitley and young Alb.
Stacker. might have been seen making
short cut to the timber The old
mans head was still wrapped in great
bandage. from which his saffron-hued
face peered anxlously forward. The
'.yaller jandcrs." which had before
kept him confined to the house was Of
only secondary Importance when there
was wild man in the prospective.
Each bore . gun and also a rope
with which to bind the wild man.
"We'll slip up" explained old man
Bitley. ''nn' watch our chances to fling
these yere ropes over his arms an
legs. Then we've got him! One NV us
STAYS to watch him an the other dou-
BILE quicks to town to fetch q wagon
an"
"rll gor' broke in Alb. Il kin run
the fastest"
"Yes. 1 reckon that's the best way"
the old man replied.
And. thus. before they had even dis
covered trace of the wild man. he
was disposed of to the entire satisfac-
ton of both.
"An'," added Alb. 1--WE won't give
none of the money to nobody"
"Csrtain." replied the other. ''Hit's
ourn an we're a-goin to keep hit"
..Yere's the trapr' announced Alb, at
last
They found the spot where the wild
man had slaughtered the coon. The
storm of the previous night had en-
tirely Oblitcrated the trail. so the best
the two could do was to proceed in the
direction in which Alb. had seen the
wild man going. As they proceeded,
the ravages of the storm became more
marked. Here it had been tornado.
Limbs had been torn from trees. and
here and there sapling was uprooted
or decayed trunk blown down. Far
Their on. the damage was greater.
Presently. they came upon a little
clearing, at one side of which stood a
little ''shack." or cabin. Just before
the hut, and. with one of its branches
thrust through the roof OF the frail
structure lay great blackberry tree.
uprooted by the power of the tempest.
Cautiously. the two advanced to the
half-open door of the cabin. From
within came low means, as if of per-
son in pain.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-12-30

|" VA Sity. Liz uldJOC
portion of the male inhabitants of the
''city" were congregated at Perdue's
combined grocery, dry goods, hard
ware, drug and furniture store, post
office, public hall and real estate Office.
The residue of the males. with but two
exceptions, were lounging in front of
the Metropolitan Hotel. which con-
sisted of one-story "main part" and
an unreliable looking ''lean-to."
These two buildings, which, with the
exception of blacksmith shop. formed
the entire business portion of Radical
City, stared at each other with their
cxpressionless window eyes from oppo-
site sides of the narrow little street.
The two exceptions, the males of
Radical who were not present at the reg
ular rallying-place, were old man Bit
ley and young Alb Stacker The former
was at home, the victim of grievous
attack of the "yaller janders." as the
neighbors denominated his ailmcnt
The latter was supposed to be some
where in the Big Timber examining
his coon traps. s....
In the center of the street an ath-
letic game of quoits was going on.
The quoits in use upon this occasion
were horseshoes ("qua;es" the players
called them.) No one had thrown a
ringer" for some time and the inter-
est in the game was waning.
Phin Dozak turned his eyes up the
road to where it bent into the lane that
ran into the Big Timber. As he looked.
a figure rounded the bend and came
down the road at the top of his speed.
His feet twinkled up an down with
amazing rapidity. and. at each stroke.
they sent up puff of dust that looked
almost golden as the rays of the de-
clining sun shone through it. As he
approached, Phin saw that the runner
was Alb. Stacker.
..Yere comes Ab.r' Phin cried.
..Wander what's broke loose now?"
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-12-30
A novel industry has been starte

"A novel industry has bccn started
by boys in the San Monica mountains
in California They catch rattlesnakes
by means of a slip moose of cord, box
them up and take them to Los Angeles.
where they sell them. The Chinese
are the purchasers They use them as
medicine. and the snakes sell for from
so cents to 81 each. 1t is said that the
Cinnamon handle them fearlessly and
never get bitten.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-12-30

The Office boy of the Bolivar
(Tenn.) Observer must have written
the following during the EDITORS alb
sence: The savory smell of spare-ribs.
backbones and sausage rcgale the noses
of nearly every household in the land.
And the stomach stretches its elastic
self and welcomes to its hug the sweet.
scented morsels that go down.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-12-30
SLACKER'S WILD MAN.
The Sensation Of Radical City,.
How It Ended.
Written for this Paper.l

HE Indian Summer
sun hung two hours
high above the jack
oak fringed top of
Hickson's Bluff. It's
slanting rays fell
upon the score of
roofs and general
inactivity OF Radi-
aol H. so,
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-12-30

rimsnt to the aggregation of general hilar-
ityi
Suppose you want to 20 abroad in the
city, then you will find the panorama and
the art gallery, and exquisite collections
of pictures. You will find the MetropOl.
tian Museum and the Historical Society
rooms full of rare curiosities. and scores
of places which can stand plainly the test
of what is right and wrong in amuse.
ments. You will find the lecturing hall,
which has been honored by the names of
Agassiz in natural history, Doremus in
chemistry, Boynton in geology, Mitchell
in astronomy. John B. Cough in moral re-
form, and scores and hundreds Of men
who have poured their wit and genius and
ingenuity through that particular chan.
mel upon the hearts and consciences and
imagInations Of men, setting this country
fifty years farther in advance than il
would have been without the lecture plat
form.
Irejo:cs in the popularization OF out
doc: sports. l hail the croCuet ground
and the fisherman's rod and the sports.
mans gun. In our chies life is so I'M
healthy and unnatural that when the
census 'taker represents a city as having
400, 600 inhabitants, there are only 00,000.
since it takes at least two men to amount
to one man. so depicting and unneryrng
and exhaust;ng is this metropolitan life.
We want more fresh air, moro sunlight,
more of the abandon of field sports. / cry
out for it in behalf of the Church Of God,
as well as in behalf Of secular interests.
/ wish that this winter our ponds and our
rivers and our Capitolins grounds might
be all aquake with the heel aud the
shout OF the swift skater.
wish that when the warm
weather comes, tho graceful oar
might dip the stream, and the even
ingtide be resonant with boatman's song,
the bright PROV splitting the crystal
line billow. We shall have the smooth
and grassy lawn, and We will call out
people Of all occupations and professions
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threescore of men and women, the mails,
his work.
She started slowly and with deep gasps,
as if impatient and disappointed at being
turned back. Now the light had gone.
What would the young wife or they with
her think to see his light disappear
Would they tell herP
A sudden clang on the bell. Stop. She
obeyed quickly, and her master looked
out the window up the line. A red light.
What's the matter?"
"Another slide. Came just after you
passed."
The train was prisoner. The line was
blocked in both directions and the tele-
graph down.
.What shall you do ?'' said the foreman
of the track gang to the conductor.
"Do! Do nothing. Make the passen-
gers comfortable until they dig US out"
''Dig the train out? The folks will
starve meanwhile. This train will be
prisoner here for ten days"
81 know what | shall do" SAID the en-
gineer. I'm going through. I'm going
ahead. We may as well begin to dig our
way out as to wait here till help comes
from below. All aboard. I'm going to
move on to the slip"
The foreman declared the engineer was
crazy. The conductor said nothing, but
ordered every one on board. They might
as we'll be in one place as another. and no
doubt the train was in a safer position on
the bridge than under the shadow OF the
mountains, where more rivers of mud
might plunge down to overwhelm them.
The clear space between the slips was
only about mile long, and the train was
soon at the western limit of its prison. As
it drew near the tangled ruin. the tiny
yellow star came in sight. He felt better
and safer here. and she, or those with her
at home, could see his headlight, and
would know he was safe.
"She will understand. She will see we
are safe, and know the line is blocked"
The moment the train stopped, the peo-
| pie swarmed out on the line-a restless.
discontinued, and unreasonable company.
They found fault with everything. blamed
everybody, and asked foolish questions,
just as idle passengers always will.
(To be continued.j
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Mexican War Veteran.

The wonderful efficacy OF Swift's Specific "a a
remedy and cure for rheumatism and all blood dis
eases. has never had conspicuous illustration
than this case affords The candid unsolicited and
emphatic testimony given by the venerable gentle
man must be accepted convincing and conclusive.
The writer is prominent citizen of Mississippi The
gentleman to whom Mr.. Martin refers. and to whom
he is indebted for the advice TO which he owes his
ANAL relief from years of suffering is Mr. King for
House. at Jackson.
ls~ , -. ~
JACKSON. Miss, April 20. 1884,
TIE SWIFT SPECIFIC COMPANY. Atlanta, Ga:
Genttemen-I have been an invalid pensioner for
forty years, having contracted pulmonary and other
diseases in the Mexican War; but not till the LIST OF
March. 1875. did feel any symptoms of rheumatism.
On that day was suddenly stricken with that dis
ease In both hips and ankles. For twenty days
walked on crutches Then the pain was less violent
but shifted from joint to joint For weeks would
be totally disabled, either side OF my body
eleven years and seven months-that is from March l.
1873. when was first attacked. to october /, 1885.
when was cured During these eleven years of in
tense suffering tried innnmerabe prescriptions
yf by n and tried hin sa
benefit from any medicine taken internally or
nrst Of September made arrangements to go to the
Hot Springs OF Arkansas, having despaired OF every
other remedy, when accidentally met an old ac-
qualntance, Mr.. King, now OF the Lawrence House
OF this city He had once been great sufferer from
fheumat,sm and, as l supposed, had been cured
told me that his visit 10 the Hot Springs in vain
he found no relief on his return from Hot Springs
he heard for the first time OF the s. S. s. remedy
for rheumatism. He tried It and six bottles made
he has had no return OF the disease.
Immediately returned TO try it,. In September
took four bottles and by the first OF October
well-as far as the rheumatism concerned. All
pain had disappeared. and HAVE NOT FELT A rwINaE
OF 1T SINCE.
have no interest in making this statement other
than the hope that II may direct other sufferer
TO sure source OF relief, and IL 1t has this result
am well rewarded for my trouble. / am very re-
spectfully and truly your friend.
J. N. Fl. MARTIN
For sale by all druggists. Treatise on Blood nd
Skin Diseases mailed free.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC Co.,
Drawer 5, Atlanta, Ca
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Steamboat Line

TUESDAYS and THURSDAYs.-Leave Augusta al
500 A. M; Hailowell at $50; Gardiner at s.45
Richmond. $50; Bath, Ills; arriving at Pophsm
Beach at 1880.
MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS and FRIDAYs.-Leave
Popham Beach at NJ; Bath, 9.l5; Richmond.
1870, arriving at Augusta at LBS z. NJ.
SATURDAYs.-iea cave Augusta at ! p. M; Halo.
well at 100 Gardiner at 1.45; Richmond at ESQ
Bath at AIS; arriving at POpham Beach at $50.
FARES-Augusta to Hallowell cents; Augusta
to Gardiner is cents--round trip rs cents. Halo
well to Gardiner 10 cents-round trip Is cents Au-
gusta, Hallowell and Gardiner to Richmond, 20
cents-round trip so cents. Augusta, Hallowel and
Gardiner to Bath, so cents-round trip 75c. Rich
mond to Bath 30 cents-round trip so cents. Angus.
ia, Hallowe and Gardiner to Popham Beach, rs
cents-round trip. $l.O0 Richmond to Popham
Beach, 80 cents-round trip. rs cents. Bath to Pop
ham Beach. 30 cents-round trip so cents.
Acknowledgment, W. J. Tuck, Steamboat Land.
ing; Haowell DIR. Halves, DR.. Hill wharf; Gardiner,
Mr.. Chase, Gray wharf; Richmond, j. I. Robinson,
star wharf; Bath, e. G. Greenleaf, Star wharf.
AfPassengers for Boothbay and the Islands can
take the Eastern Steamboat Co.'s steamers, or
steamer Islander, at Bath.
If. P.O. VICKERY, Proprietor
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Renews Her Youth.

Mrs. Phoebe Chesley, Peterson, Clay Co.,
Iowa, tells the following remarkable story the
truth of which is vouched for by the residents
of the town: Il am 70 years DID, have been
troubled with kidney complaint and lameness
for many years; could not dress myself with
out help. Now I am free from all pain and
soreness, and am able to do all my own
house work. | owe my thanks to Electric
Bitters for having renewed my youth, and re-
moved completely all disease and pain" Fry
a bottle, only SOC. at Devine & Coughln's
Drug Store.
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A Captains Fortunate Discovery.

Capt. Coleman, schr. Weymouth, plying
between Atlantic City and N. Y, had been
troubled with a cough so that he was unable
to sleep, and was induced to try DR.. Kings
New Discovery for Consumption. 1t not on.
ly gave him instant relief, but allayed the
extreme soreness in his breast. His children
were similarly affected and single dose had
the same happy effect. DR.. Kings New dis
covery is now the standard remedy in the
Coleman household and on board the schoon-
er.
Free Trial Bottles of this Standard Remedy
at Devine & Coughlin's Drug Store.
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longer. The death of this old and respected
citizen will be rendered doubtly lamentable
by the knowledge that it is partially, if not
wholly due to the reckless driving of
railway trains through the unprotected
streets of this village.
Mary E. Hartford, while driving along a
highway in Bowdoin last Friday morning
was thrown from her carriage and had her
collar bone fractured. The accident is said
to have been caused by bad place in the
road. DR.. Price. who attended the lady, re-
ports that she is doing well.
WASHINGTON.
Whether the St. Croix Cotton Mill Com
pany shall be allowed to dump the refuse
from their dye house into the river to the
destruction of food fish therein, is the ques
ton that is agitating the St. Croix. 1t is
claimed that to such action is due the scarcity
of saloon the past two seasons. One local
paper claims that the mill is worth more to
the place than the fish, aud therefore ought
to have the first chance. The Calais Times
throws down the gauntlet for the fish and
proposes to see that their rights are not
ignored. To an outside observer it would
seem that both ought to have chance.
The selectmen of Eastport have been
authorized to enter into a contract with the
Eastport Water Co., to supply the town with
water from Boydens's Lake, the town to pay
for the same four thousand dollars per year.
Salt water is to be ready for use by Deem
Der lst next, and the works shall be complet
ed from Boydon's Lake on or before Septem-
Der 1st, 1888, says the Sentinel.
YORK.
Editor Hanscom of the Sentinel explains
the insertion of the item which charged
Judge Gould of Portlsnd with certain dis
honorable transactions and offers an apology
for the same.
Mrs. Hannah Davis, who lives in Saco, at
tempted to stop fight between two cats a
short time ago One of the Cats turned on
| her and tore her hand badly. Mrs. Davis is
now suffering intense pain from the injury
and the hand is terribly swollen.
| George Chick, Lafayette LittleAeld and
| Scott Young were thrown to the ground. thir-
ty feet, Friday, at Springvale, bv the giving
away of staging upon which they were
standing. Scott Young was thought to be
fatally hurt; he was there from Massachu-
sets on a visit. Chick and Littlefeld we're
seriously injured, but will recover.
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KENNEBEC COUNTY.-In PROBATE Court, held
at augusta, on the fourth Monday Of august,
1887:
nsGoOD GRAVES. Administrator on the estate
~ of Chas. Graves, late Of Wayne, In said county
deceased, having presented his first account Of ad
minstratien for allowance
ORDERED, That notice thereof be given three
weeks SUCCESSFULLY prior to the fourth Monday OF SEN
TENDER next, in the Kennebec journal, a newspaper
printed in Augusta, that all interested NAV
attend at Probate Court then to be held at Au
gusta, and show cause, if any why the same should
not be allowed.
II. s. WEBSTER, Judge.
Artest;-HowARD OWEN. Register. w3v35s
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KENNEBEC COUNT Yin Probate (,ourt
he'd at Augnsta, on the second Monday Of Aug.
nsf, 1887.
II s. CASE and EMERY O. BEAN Execu,or.
1Is Of the last win and testament of Betsey A.
Brown, late Of Re adfeld, in said county deceased
hsvlng presented their eighth account as executor,
Of said will for allowance:
ORDERED, That notice thereof be given three
September next, in the Kennebec Journal, q news.
paper printed in Augusta that all persons nterested
may attend at Probate Court then to be held 1t
augusta, and show cause. II any.why the Same
should not be allowed.
q. 8. WEBSTER. Judre.
AtsesS HOWARD own. REGISTER. vSW3ss